NewiZ on SoundBetter

Melodic house and techno producer who's released on numerous labels. Plays regular shows in Philadelphia, USA. And has his own record label Philadeep.

Since beginning his music journey in college, Newiz has released on numerous labels such as One of Those Days, a sub label of The Audio Atelier, managed by progressive legend Madlock, Revolt Records, Golden Factory and more.

In 2021, Newiz broke into the underground music scene in Philadelphia, and has made his presence known in the local music community. Newiz has since headlined many of his music collective, Philadeep's tightly curated music events, as well as providing DJ opening support for household names such as Paul van Dyke and Korolova.
In the summer of 2023, NewiZ co-founded Philadeep Records to develop and foster new music talents.

Newiz offers production related services including mixing and mastering, production lessons and track feedbacks.

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Interview with NewiZ

Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: My sample audio track is one I'm particularly proud of. The track represents my current style and conveys great emotions.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: I'm working on more tracks for both my record label and releases for the future.
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Staysis
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Digital. Because I travel a lot and I really like the mobility and accessibility of modern day digital gears.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: Getting signed to labels. Possible live show opportunities at my record label showcases in Philadelphia. Highest quality of production.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: I love the creativity part that is involved with music production
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Do they need expensive gear to produce and my answer is always. No!
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: No so much misconception but people don't quite realize what goes into a high quality production. People often do not know the time and effort spent on producing a great track.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Be consistent, put in your time and you will get better.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: Start to finish a track in 2 days.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: Pretty basic setup, my laptop, sound card, midi keys and my studio headphones. I do most of my mixing on my headphones and rarely use my monitors
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: What are you looking to get out of my service. Do you have an end goal in mind and a vision?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Make sure my tracks or others tracks are the style you're going for. Make sure if you're looking for production lessons the sounds and teaching styles are a good fit.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: my laptop, my headphones, my midi keys, sound card and my external drive. I produce on pretty minimal gear even though I have studio spaces I can use. Production to me is about 85% the wiring and composition not so much about how expensive your gears are.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I started in college and went to school for music production and have been doing this for 6 plus years
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Melodic, dreamy, often melancholic, easy to listen
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Would love to work with any of the Anjunadeep guys because they are held as the golden standard in their genre.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Electronic, melodic house and melodic techno, chillout etc
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: composition, mixing and mastering.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I bring experience composition and production skills learn over my years playing in an orchestra and producing electronic music
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Artist like Ben Bohmer, Lane 8, James Grant & Jody Wisternoff are some of my biggest inspirations
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: I do production lessons, mixing mastering and other production related services.